Volume 1: Swan Goose Chapter 446: The Beacon is a Book Stepping on the Yellow Sand (2)
——Strange man——
It was extremely noisy outside Xuande Gate today. People from the Royal Guards and the Jinjia Guard gathered around the door and made a lot of noise.
When Ruan Lang saw this, he ran over and saw a man in a green shirt lying in the crowd. Several imperial guards were pressing him to the ground.
Ruan Lang asked the government servant on the side: "What's going on?"
When the government officials saw Ruan Lang, they immediately respectfully replied: "Sir Ruan, this man was wandering around the door with a sharp knife in the morning. When the brothers saw that he was acting suspiciously, they subdued him. But after a few simple questions, he
I don’t know anything about it, and I seem to be a little confused!”
Ruan Lang knelt down, lifted up the man's face, and looked at it carefully: he was about thirty years old, with thick eyebrows and narrow eyes, slightly protruding cheekbones. He looked plain in appearance, and his eyes were a little unfocused.
Ruan Lang asked in a deep voice: "What is your name?"
The man looked straight at Ruan Lang and murmured: "Daming Wangcheng, my parents call me Liu'er!"
This is an unfamiliar name.
Ruan Lang continued to ask: "Where are you from?"
Wang Cheng said calmly: "I just came from southern Xinjiang."
Ruan Lang looked at the sharp knife in his hand and asked warily: "What are you doing here?"
Wang Cheng thought for a long time, and then said in a daze: "I... I just want to go around Ouchi!"
Ruan Lang felt that this person's words did not match his words, so he told his surroundings: "This matter is a bit strange. Let's first put him in prison and interrogate him carefully, and then send people around to see if he has any accomplices!"
"Yes!" After saying that, several officials from the Royal Guards Division came over and roughly pulled Wang Cheng up and took him to the imperial prison.
Ruan Lang stared at Wang Cheng's back for a moment, feeling vaguely uneasy:
A man armed with a sharp knife wants to take a walk in Ouchi. This is an unheard of thing!
Even a lunatic would not dare to come to the palace to commit illness. This is an act seeking death!
Unless this person did it intentionally, if so, what is the purpose of this person?
Ruan Lang did not dare to delay, so he immediately turned back and reported everything about the royal city to Emperor Yu.
After hearing this, the Zichen Hall fell into a deathly silence.
Emperor Yu raised his eyebrows, his eyes shot out with a knife-like gaze, and he yelled through gritted teeth: "It's the other way around, it's really the other way around! In broad daylight, someone actually broke into the palace with a sharp knife! Who is this person? He wants to stab him.
Is the king going to kill you?"
Ruan Lang thought about it for a while and then said: "I am reporting to the emperor that I have imprisoned him in prison for detailed investigation. We will definitely find out the truth of the matter!"
Emperor Yu slapped the dragon chair and roared: "Check! Check carefully for me and dig out all the people behind it. I want to see who is so bold as to attack me!"
"Yes!" Ruan Lang bowed his hands and bowed out of the hall.
The sun set and rose from the palace wall. The incident of "the royal city breaking into the palace" kept Emperor Yu awake all night, his heart boiling as he waited for the outcome of the trial.
It had to be said that this year was not even halfway through, but many unexpected natural and man-made disasters had occurred, which made him really uneasy. He always felt that there seemed to be more unexpected things waiting for him ahead.
At dawn, Ruan Lang completed the interrogation as expected. He walked out of the prison tiredly, refreshed himself, and hurried to the Zichen Palace to report the interrogation results.
Emperor Yu leaned lazily on the throne, his face was pale and green, and his sharp eyes were filled with bloodshot eyes.
When he saw Ruan Lang coming in, he cheered up a little and asked in a deep voice, "How is it?"
Ruan Lang came to the palace, bowed his hands and said loudly: "Your Majesty, after being tortured to extract a confession, this person has been recruited!"
Emperor Yu asked in a stern voice: "What did he say?"
Ruan Lang reported: "The prisoner Wang Cheng is from southern Xinjiang and is a deserter!"
"Desert?" Emperor Yu frowned and asked in confusion: "Why would a deserter run to Da Nei?"
Ruan Lang pondered for a moment and said, "He said... he just wants to come in and have a look!"
"Bastard!" Emperor Yu was furious.
Angry, he pointed at Ruan Lang and cursed: "How did your Chief of Staff conduct the interrogation? Do you believe such crazy things?"
Ruan Lang knelt down on his knees, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down! It's natural for someone to be humble that he doesn't believe it, but no matter what punishment we use, he will always insist on this confession and never change it!"
Emperor Yu seemed to have been greatly humiliated, his furious face was distorted, and he shouted loudly: "Ruan Lang! Since I came to the throne, there have never been two intrusions into the palace like this! What happened to your Imperial Guard?
On duty?"
Ruan Lang knelt down and bowed, saying in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, please calm down. This is an act of neglect in a humble duty. Please punish me!"
Emperor Yu glared at him angrily and said sternly: "Have you found out the identity of the assassin last time?"
Ruan Lang lowered his head and murmured with a look of embarrassment on his face: "The crime of humble duty deserves death! There was nothing on the assassin's body that could prove his identity. The clothes he wore and the weapons he used were all ordinary things. For a moment,
Between... there is no trace of me..."
"Trash!" Emperor Yu stood up loudly. The anger he had accumulated in recent days burst out at this moment. He kicked over the desk in front of him, and the memorials on the desk were scattered on the floor.
All civil and military officials in the court immediately knelt on the ground and shouted in panic: "Your Majesty, calm down!"
Emperor Yu raised his eyebrows, pointed at Ruan Lang and shouted sternly: "Go away, let me check it out! If you can't find it out, come to see me!"
Ruan Lang bowed his hands and said solemnly: "Yes! I will do my best to find out the truth as soon as possible!"
At this time, Wang Su glanced at Gu Zhili, and Gu Zhili strode forward, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I have recommended myself to hear this case. I will definitely give your Majesty a satisfactory confession tomorrow!"
Gu Zhili's initiative surprised Man Tingfang, Ruan Lang and others.
But Emperor Yu's eyes were spitting fire at this moment, and the veins on his forehead swelled with the heavy breath he exhaled.
He just wants to know the truth now. If someone comes forward, he naturally wants it: "Okay, you go and interrogate me in person. If you can't find out the truth, don't come to see me!"
Gu Zhili bowed his head respectfully and said loudly: "Yes! I obey your order!"
Emperor Yu's sharp eyes were directed at Ruan Lang again, and his tone was very angry: "Ruan Lang, from today on, you must stay outside my palace and protect my safety!"
Ruan Lang quickly replied: "Yes, I humbly obey the orders!"
--trial--
When the moon sets, the moon rises; when the moon falls, the sun rises.
After a day and night of interrogation, Gu Zhili walked out of the interrogation room with a swagger.
He opened his arms and stretched himself comfortably, but a proud look appeared on his tired face.
"Master Gu!" A deep voice sounded from behind.
Gu Zhili slowly turned his head and saw Ruan Lang striding closer. He looked unkempt and his eyes were red. It seemed that he had not slept well last night.
Gu Zhili cupped his hand and said in greeting, "Master Ruan, have you stayed awake all night? Thank you for your hard work!"
Ruan Lang said expressionlessly: "It's all for the emperor, so it's hard work! It's hard work for Mr. Gu to do the work we should do for our Imperial Guards!"
After saying that, he opened his palms to Gu Zhili without hesitation.
Gu Zhili was startled and asked without knowing why, "Master Ruan, what do you mean?"
Ruan Lang said with a straight face, "Although you are here to try this case, I have to hand over the confession to the Emperor myself!"
Gu Zhili was slightly startled, then said with a smile: "This...isn't quite appropriate! Everyone knows that I am the one who is trying the case. If there is something wrong with this testimony, I cannot bear the responsibility!"
Ruan Lang smiled coldly and asked with displeasure, "Does Master Gu think that I will protect this assassin, or that I will frame you?"
Gu Zhili chuckled and said, "Sir Ruan is joking, how could I be so suspicious of you? You are now a popular person in front of the emperor. It's too late for me to flatter you! It's just..."
Seeing that Gu Zhili was still hesitant, Ruan Lang smiled slightly and continued: "Don't worry, Mr. Gu, this credit will always be yours alone! We are just going through a formality, after all, the Yushousi is different from other
In this place, Mr. Gu still has to follow the rules!"
Gu Zhili pondered for a moment, then forced a smile and said, "Since that's what I said, I'd like to trouble Lord Ruan to hand over this testimony to the emperor!"
After saying that, he handed the testimony in his hand to Ruan Lang, bowed his hand to him before leaving.
Seeing Gu Zhili walking away, Ruan Lang took the testimony and did not go to the palace. Instead, he turned around and walked back to the imperial prison.
He opened the testimony and looked at it page by page, and couldn't help but frowning more and more.
Putting down his testimony, he immediately ordered to his left and right: "Go and ask Master Manchu, the Minister of War, to come! Tell him that I have something important to discuss with him!"
After a while, Man Tingfang arrived in a hurry.
Ruan Lang had already greeted him at the gate of the imperial prison. When he saw him arriving, he immediately stepped forward, cupped his hands and said, "Master Mandarin, you are here!"
Man Tingfang cupped her hands and asked with a smile: "Sir Ruan sent someone to find me, but has the interrogation been concluded?"
Ruan Lang glanced around and whispered: "Master Mandarin, come with me, let's take a step to talk!"
Man Tingfang understood the idea and immediately followed him through the door.
The two of them walked directly to the capital hall. Ruan Lang locked them up and asked Man Tingfang to sit down before showing him the interrogation statement.
"Gu Zhili asked this question in one night of interrogation! Please take a look first!"
Man Tingfang took the testimony and only glanced at it, then his face suddenly changed: "This Wangcheng is so bold! How dare you say that you are a deserter under Lan Yu, and dare to slander Lan Yu for treason and surrender to the enemy, while you are a slave to Lan Yu."
Yu ordered to assassinate the king and kill him? Give this testimony to the emperor, Lan Yu still has a way to live!"
Ruan Lang smiled coldly, pointed to a few smears on the paper, and said in a deep voice: "Master Mandarin, look, this testimony has been altered several times and is full of loopholes. There must be fraud in it!"
Man Tingfang thought for a moment and sighed: "At that time, Gu Zhili took the initiative to try the case. I thought that he must be harboring evil intentions. It was obvious that he had tampered with the testimony in order to frame Lan Yu and Mr. Xia!"